Computer failure delays flights along East Coast
A cascading computer outage in the U S air traffic control system caused severe delays and some cancellations along the East Coast. The Atlanta facility processing flight plans failed, forcing manual entry and overloads as a backup was routed from Salt Lake City. Weather worsened the impact with LaGuardia JFK and Newark hit hard.
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